  {"id":212799,"date":"2003-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=212799"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:30:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:30:13","slug":"auto-insert-212799","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-212799\/","title":{"rendered":"Escalation of Mideast violence &#8211; SecGen statement &#8211; Press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;margin-left:40px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong><u>SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY SHARP ESCALATION<\/u><\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;margin-left:40px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong><u>OF MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE<\/u><\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tThe Secretary-General is deeply concerned at the sharp escalation in violence in the Middle East. While recognizing the right of Israel to live in security, Israel does not have the right to resort to extra-judicial measures, as it used today in the Gaza Strip.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tThe Secretary-General calls upon the Government of Israel to exercise restraint and to halt its current military actions, so as to enable the Palestinian Authority to take the necessary steps to bring extremist groups under control and ensure the truce continues. He urges the Government of Abu Mazen to act rapidly to that end and expresses his strong concern at the announcement that Hamas has renounced the truce.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:9px;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The Secretary-General continues to believe that security and stability for both Israelis and Palestinians can best be achieved through the political process set out in the Quartet&#39;s &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/6129B9C832FE59AB85256D43004D87FA.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Road Map<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#8221;. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">* *** *<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY SHARP ESCALATION OF MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General is deeply concerned at the sharp escalation in violence in the Middle East. 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